Thirteen-year-old Eddie Delaney loves his dad, but sometimes he wishes that he''d lighten up. When Eddie brings home a D in language arts his parents make him quit the basketball team and now Eddie''s lost the one thing he knows he''s good at.

From the Publisher:When thirteen-year-old Eddie gets a D in language arts, his father makes him quit the basketball team, which causes Eddie to try to understand why his father is always so hard on him.